Tech Workers

Rachel Curley, Deputy General Secretary of the union for tech workers Prospect, responding to the government’s Digital and Technologies Sector Plan, said: “The tech sector is going to be critical for the future success of the UK economy, employing millions of workers, and it is welcome to see the government thinking seriously about the development of this industry in the coming years.

Rachel Curley, Deputy General Secretary of leading union for tech workers Prospect, responding to Nick Clegg’s comments at Davos supporting changes at Meta, said: "These changes announced by Meta risk exposing staff to increasing levels of harmful content, while other staff lose their jobs as the company seeks to appease the new President.

Meta have announced plans to cut around 5% of their global workforce.

Prospect has published the results of a survey into the experiences of neurodiverse workers in the UK tech sector, that shows that just one in four employers in the sector have explicit policies to support those with neurodivergent conditions.

At its biennial conference in Birmingham, leading tech union Prospect has pledged to campaign strongly on the use of AI in the workplace.

Tech Workers Branch Committee Vice Chair Domanic Smith–Jones attended the 2024 Uni Global ICTS Conference in Cape Town and writes about his experience in this blog.